Six weeks into the new year and it appears that merger-and-acquisition activity in the mortgage industry is finally picking up – big time. Over the past 10 days, several – mostly “asset” related – deals have come to light, with the action being driven by private-equity money that’s backing nonbank lenders. Wall Street giant The Blackstone Group, which has a PE division, is involved as well. So far, the only depository that appears to be playing in the M&A surge is...

Quicken Loans ranked third in terms of contributions to prime non-agency MBS…

The CFPB said Prospect Mortgage entered into agreements to buy leads from more than 200 different counterparties, most of which were real estate brokers.

CMG Mortgage founder and CEO Chris George said that when it comes to hiring he's mostly in a "holding pattern" right now, with exceptions...

HUD officials said the agency has been focused on establishing an infrastructure to improve its cost estimating practices.

The DTAs are available to the GSEs as future deductions against taxable income. A reduction in the corporate tax rate would reduce existing DTAs for not just Fannie and Freddie but for other U.S. businesses as well.

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Over the past two years, the Wall Street giant has purchased a handful of nonbank lenders, including Gateway Funding...

The Fed LO survey does not include sentiments expressed by loan officers and account executives who work at nonbanks…

The assessment matches the rating service’s “grade” on Caliber Home Loans, which issued the first AAA-rated nonprime MBS backed by new originations.